Illustrations and text provide information about life in ancient Egypt, covering the pharoahs, family life, the Nile River, arts and crafts, temples and tombs, and more.

Explains how people were mummified, what mummies meant to the Egyptian culture, who was mummified, and other related topics.

Describes the causes, events, people, and legacy of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Imagine talking to those you love over a cell phone, knowing that when they hang up, they will face certain death in a heroic fight against terrorism. On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and an empty field in Pennsylvania -- killing...

An illustrated survey of the construction and history of the Colosseum, the enormous oval amphitheater that has stood in Rome for 1,900 years.

Explores the history and science of ten nasty pirates, including Captain Kidd, Henry Avery, the Barbarossa brothers, and Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

A biography of astronomer Edwin Hubble, who proved that the universe contains many separate galaxies.

A guide to how the ancient Greeks lived, including how they built cities, how they spent their days, and how they set up a democracy.

Traces the history of crime and punishment from 3200 B.C. to the present and discusses how and why the laws which govern people's behavior were created.

Discover the amazing Japanese civilization and learn about a culture that has existed for thousands of years.